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ZWQsIHNwYW4uTXNvSHlwZXJsaW5rRm9sbG --001a113cfd2c2f6fdb055a1c03ed Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good idea! I will check out the municipal by-laws in my area and my readership area. Nancy On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Laviolette, Lance < lance.laviolette@lmco.com> wrote: > Hi Nancy, > > > > If you=E2=80=99re going to try this in an Urban or even village setting, = verify > that there aren=E2=80=99t bylaws written preventing a =E2=80=98wild=E2=80= =99 lawn. Fighting city > hall and ignoring a bylaw officer on the issue can result in a city crew > descending on your yard and imposing a =E2=80=98groomed=E2=80=99 look. Yo= u can be left > holding an industrial sized bill and a yard that looks like a soya field > after harvest. Fortunately such bylaws are not universal. > > > > All the best and good luck with your mini-meadow project, > > > > Lance > > > > Lance Laviolette > > Glen Robertson, Ontario > > > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@ > chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *N Robinson > *Sent:* September 25, 2017 4:57 PM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Cc:* Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay@hotmail.com> > *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [NatureNS] Insect Decline > > > > This is exactly what I am looking for but, unfortunately, I am in > Montreal. > > > > Will someone be filming or taping this presentation? It will be > invaluable to have on record for consultation. I am trying to develop a > "how-to" piece on letting your lawn grow wild as many people want to do > this but don't know how to begin or when to cut or mow - perhaps once a > year or once every two years? etc. etc. And, as Mary says, we need a "n= ew > aesthetic". > > Perhaps you can live-stream it on Facebook tonight? Let me know and I > will watch it. > > Thanks, > > Nancy Robinson > > Environmentally Yours > > Bear River, N.S. > 514-605-7186 <(514)%20605-7186> > > > > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Mary Macaulay <marymacaulay@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > There will be some discussion of this important issue this evening at th= e > Nova Scotia Wild Flora talk at the museum of Natural History in Halifax a= t > 7:30 pm: > > > > *Building a functional mini-meadow without shocking the neighbours (too > much).. * > Mary Macaulay wants to be pollinator-friendly and will tell us how she is > doing it. Mary, a long-time member of NSWFS, is owner and operator of the > Social Enterprise Remember Adventures <http://rememberadventures.ca/>in > Tatamagouche. She has been raising awareness about insect decline since > 2013 via social media as Queen Bee for the global Insect Recovery Projec= t > <http://www.insectrecovery.org/en/>. > > Come join us at 7:30 pm, Monday Sep 25, 2017 in the auditorium of the Nov= a > Scotia Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax > <https://maps.google.com/?q=3D1747+Summer+Street,+Halifax&entry=3Dgmail&s= ource=3Dg> > . *All welcome!* > > > > With kindest regards > > > > Mary (Macaulay), P.Eng. > > Owner, Remember Adventures B&B & Caper Cafe > > Bed & Breakfast, Pedal Buggy, bike, kayak, coaster & snowshoe rentals, > great bird friendly coffee, organic baking, breakfast & pasta, soups, > stews, vegan curries & chili, pollinator meadow, games & more!! > > (Cafe/Buggies Open Wed to Sunday: 8:00 am - 3 pm; B&B 7 days a week - > please book via Airbnb) > > HWY 6 & Station Road & Trans-Canada Trail > > Tatamagouche > > RememberAdventures.ca & InsectRecovery.org > > 1-902-293-1533 <(902)%20293-1533> > > Twitter @RememberTata & @InsectRecovery > > > On Sep 25, 2017, at 1:43 PM, Angus MacLean <Cold_Mac@hotmail.com> wrote: > > https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone > > Where have all the insects gone? | Science | AAAS > <https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-gone> > > www.sciencemag.org > > Where have all the insects gone? By Gretchen Vogel May. 10, 2017 , 9:00 > AM. Entomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. "If you talk to > people, they have a gut ... > > This is the story in Kings County too & likely thru-out NS. Likely some > pockets where insects are still doing OK. Bad news for certain bird speci= es > such as warblers; plants that need pollinating, etc. Very important link > in the food chain. > > Angus > > > > > -- > > Nancy Robinson > > 514-605-7186 <(514)%20605-7186> > > > --=20 Nancy Robinson 514-605-7186 --001a113cfd2c2f6fdb055a1c03ed Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Good idea!=C2=A0 I will check out the municipal by-la= ws in my area and my readership area.=C2=A0 <br><br></div>Nancy<br></div><d= iv class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 26, 201= 7 at 2:13 PM, Laviolette, Lance <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:lan= ce.laviolette@lmco.com" target=3D"_blank">lance.laviolette@lmco.com</a>>= </span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .= 8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"EN-CA"> <div class=3D"m_-6925701552263947519WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hi Nancy,<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">If you=E2=80=99re going to try this i= n an Urban or even village setting, verify that there aren=E2=80=99t bylaws= written preventing a =E2=80=98wild=E2=80=99 lawn. Fighting city hall and ignoring a bylaw officer on the issue can result in= a city crew descending on your yard and imposing a =E2=80=98groomed=E2=80= =99 look. You can be left holding an industrial sized bill and a yard that = looks like a soya field after harvest. Fortunately such bylaws are not universal.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"f